New Jersey's 6th congressional district

New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Democrat Frank Pallone, who has served in Congress since 1993. The district includes the northern and eastern portions of Middlesex County and the coastal areas of Monmouth County, including towns along the Raritan Bay.

"NJ 6" redirects here. For New Jersey Route 6, see U.S. Route 46.

New Jersey's 6th congressional district
District map as of 2013
Representative	Frank Pallone D–Long Branch
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2017)	742,483
Median income	$82,451[1]
Ethnicity	62.2% white 22.5% Hispanic 20.1% Asian 10.3% black 4.5% other 2.6% Two or more races 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	D+9[2]

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the congressional district contains all or portions of two counties and 32 municipalities.[3]

Middlesex County: (12)

Carteret, Edison Township, Highland Park, Metuchen, New Brunswick, Old Bridge Township (part; also 12th), Perth Amboy, Piscataway Township, Sayreville, South Amboy, South Plainfield and Woodbridge Township

Monmouth County: (20)

Aberdeen Township, Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Deal, Hazlet Township, Highlands, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Loch Arbour, Long Branch, Marlboro Township, Matawan, Middletown Township (part; also 4th), Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, Union Beach and West Long Branch

Recent results in statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 61 - 35%
2004	President	Kerry 57 - 43%
2008	President	Obama 60 - 39%
2012	President	Obama 61 - 37%
2016	President	Clinton 56 - 41%

List of members representing the district

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District created March 4, 1873
Marcus L. Ward ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]	1873–1893 Essex
Frederick H. Teese ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas B. Peddie ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
John L. Blake ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
Phineas Jones ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
William H.F. Fiedler ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
Herman Lehlbach ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas D. English ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1893–1895 city of Newark
Richard W. Parker ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.	1895–1903 Newark and East Orange
William Hughes ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]	1903–1913 Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex
Henry C. Allen ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
William Hughes ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – September 27, 1912	60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned after appointment as judge of Court of Common Pleas of Passaic County.
Vacant		September 27, 1912 – November 5, 1912	62nd
Archibald C. Hart ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	November 5, 1912 – March 3, 1913		[data unknown/missing]
Lewis J. Martin ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – May 5, 1913	63rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.	1913–1933 Bergen, Sussex, and Warren; northern Passaic (Bloomingdale, Ringwood, Wanaque, West Milford)
Vacant		May 5, 1913 – July 22, 1913
Archibald C. Hart ([data unknown/missing]	Democratic	July 22, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	[data unknown/missing]
John R. Ramsey ([data unknown/missing]	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
Randolph Perkins (Woodcliff Lake)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
Donald H. McLean (Elizabeth)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing]	1933–1969 Union County
Clifford P. Case (Rahway)	Republican	January 3, 1945 – August 16, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		August 16, 1953 – November 3, 1953	83rd
Harrison A. Williams Jr. (Westfield)	Democratic	November 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	83rd 84th	[data unknown/missing]
Florence P. Dwyer (Elizabeth)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
William T. Cahill (Collingswood)	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 19, 1970	90th 91st	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1966. Resigned when elected Governor of New Jersey.	1967–1969 [data unknown/missing]
					1969–1973 Burlington, parts of Camden and Ocean
Vacant		January 19, 1970 – November 3, 1970	91st
Edwin B. Forsythe (Moorestown)	Republican	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1983	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.
					1973–1983 parts of Burlington, Camden, and Ocean
Bernard J. Dwyer (Edison)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.	1983–1985 parts of Middlesex and Union (Linden and Rahway)
					1985–1993 parts of Middlesex, Monmouth (Aberdeen and Matawan), and Union (Linden, Rahway, and Roselle)
Frank Pallone (Long Branch)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.	1993–2003 parts of Middlesex and Monmouth
					2003–2013 parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union (Plainfield)
					2013–present parts of Middlesex and Monmouth

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=06
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.

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• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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